Lorenzo Holzknecht Explained

Lorenzo Holzknecht
Birth Date:	12 December 1984
Birth Place:	Sondalo, Italy
Death Place:	Val di Rhêmes, Italy
Height:	178 – 68kg
Updated:	https://www.instagram.com/lorenzoholz/
Nationality:	Italy

Lorenzo Holzknecht (12 December 1984 – 13 April 2023) was an Italian ski mountaineer.^[1]

Holzknecht was born in Sondalo on 12 December 1984. He started ski mountaineering in 2001 and competed first in the same year. He became a member of the national team in 2002.

Holzknecht died alongside two other people in an avalanche near the Tsanteleina mountain on 13 April 2023. He was 38.^[1]

Selected results

• 2004:
  • 3rd, World Championship ind. "juniors" class race
• 2007:
  • 1st U23, European Championship vertical race (Morzine- Avoriaz)
  • 1st U23, European Championship ind. race
  • 1st U23 Pierra Menta
• 2008:
  • 1st, Trofeo Angelo Gherardi ^[2]
  • 7th, World Championship team race (together with Ivan Murada)
  • 2nd, Adamello Ski Raid
• 2009:
  • 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Dennis Brunod, Manfred Reichegger and Damiano Lenzi)
  • 2nd, European Championship team race (together with Guido Giacomelli)
  • 3rd, European Championship ind. race
  • 3rd, European Championship combination ranking
  • 3rd, Valtellina Orobie World Cup race^[3]
  • 1st, Vertical race Italian Championship
  • 3rd, ind race Italian Championship
• 2010
  • 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Damiano Lenzi, Dennis Brunod and Manfred Reichegger)^[4]
  • 3rd, World Championship team race (together with Damiano Lenzi)^[5]
• 2011:
  • 2nd Overall Pierra Menta
  • 2nd, World Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger)
  • 1st, Team Race Italian Championship
• 2012:
  • 1st Overall Pierra Menta
  • 2nd, La Grand Course Overall
  • 1st, European Championship team, together with Manfred Reichegger
  • 10th, European Championship ind.
  • 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Michele Boscacci)^[6]
  • 2nd, 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race, single and total ranking
  • 3rd, 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race, sprint^[7]
  • 1st, Vertical race Italian Championship
• 2013
  • 3rd Overall Pierra Menta
  • 3rd Overall Mezzalama Trophy
  • 3rd Overall Adamello Ski Raid
  • 1st, Team Race Italian Championship
  • 1st Overall Italian Cup
• 2014
  • 2nd Overall Sellaronda Skimarathon
  • 3rd, ind race Italian Championship
• 2015
  • 3rd, Vertical Race World Championships of Ski Mountaineering (Verbier)
  • 1st Overall Sellaronda Skimarathon (new Record)
  • 2nd Overall Mezzalama Trophy
  • 3rd, Vertical race Italian Championship
• 2016
  • 1st Overall Sellaronda Skimarathon

Pierra Menta

See main article: Pierra Menta.

• 2002: 1st, cadets class race
• 2010: 4th, together with Damiano Lenzi
• 2011: 2nd, together with Guido Giacomelli
• 2012: 1st, together with Manfred Reichegger^[8]

Trofeo Mezzalama

See main article: Trofeo Mezzalama.

• 2007: 6th, together with Daniele Pedrini and Mattia Coletti
• 2011: 7th, together with Guido Giacomelli and Jean Pellissier^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://www.caffeinamagazine.it/sport/lutto-sport-italiano-addio-lorenzo/ “Lorenzo è morto”. Lutto nello sport italiano, il suo corpo ritrovato dalla Guardia di Finanza
2. http://www.valbrembanaweb.it/valbrembanaweb/gallery/foppolo/2008/gherardi/classifica.pdf Classifica generale 19° Trofeo Angelo Gherardi
3. https://archive.today/20121208214732/http://www.mountains2b.com/76-Ergebnis_Weltcup_der_Skibergsteiger__24_Valtell-,e_90846,r_10737.htm Results - 24th Valtellina Orobie
4. http://www.skimountaineering.org/node/1028?IdEvent=1449 5. ISMF World Championships - relays men (AD)
5. http://www.canillo2010.org/material/resultats/TeamSenio%20Race-finalresults.pdf Provisional results men teams
6. http://www.sellaronda.it/download/120301classifiche.xls Sellaronda Ski mArathon – Classifiche finali
7. http://www.skimountaineering.org/RESULTS/2012/2012_01_27_ISMF_NorthAmerican_Championship.pdf North American Ski Mountaineering Championships - Results
8. Web site: Pierra Menta 2012 . 25 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921023632/https://www.pierramenta.com/images/2012/PM2012-cltgendimanche.pdf . 21 September 2018 . dead .
9. http://www.trofeomezzalama.org/classifiche/Trofeo%20Mezzalama/Mezzalama2011-uomini.pdf 2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - men results